altruistic

WOTD - 22 December 2009    

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

See altruism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/, /ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/

Adjective

altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)

1. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

   His helping the old lady with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

Synonyms

• (regardful of others): beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

Antonyms

• (regardful of others): egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

Derived terms

• altruistic filicide
• altruistically

Related terms

• altruism
• altruist

Translations

regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

Armenian: ալտրուիստական (hy) (altruistakan), այլասիրական (hy) (aylasirakan) Catalan: altruista (ca) Croatian: altruističan (hr) Czech: altruistický (cs) Danish: altruistisk (da), uegennyttig (da) Dutch: altruïstisch (nl) Esperanto: altruisma (eo) Finnish: altruistinen (fi), epäitsekäs (fi), pyyteetön (fi) French: altruiste (fr) m. and f., désintéressé (fr)

German: altruistisch (de) Hungarian: altruista (hu), altruisztikus (hu) Italian: altruista (it) m. and f., altruistico (it) m. Norwegian: altruistisk (no) Polish: bezinteresowny (pl) m., altruistyczny (pl) m. Romanian: altruist (ro), generos (ro) Russian: альтруистический (ru) Spanish: altruista (es) Swedish: altruistisk (sv)